The Light Bulb Conspiracy

This week we saw the movie "The light bulb conspiracy" in world history class. This movie talks about the history and the effect of planned obsolescence in our world. Before the first depression, light bulbs were made to last, however, this is not profitable for the economy. There's even a light bulb 100 years old that was made before planned obsolescence came in our way. Manufacturers made a cartel and began reducing the lifespan of lightbulbs. Nylon had the same fate as light bulbs. Nylon stockings were so strong they could tow cars, however, this meant women would buy only one pair of these. Manufacturers began producing weak nylon stockings forcing women to replace them quickly.

Time has passed and the effects of planned obsolescence are worse than we could ever imagine. By replacing and producing new products so quickly the environment has payed a high price. Resources are being depleted and there are no more places to save wastes. African countries are the ones that are receiving the wastes from countries like the US, England, Germany etc... Manufacturers tried to manipulate laws to support planned obsolescence. Since this wasn't possible, they just release newer products with something new to make the costumer feel like he really needs the new product.
Printers have chips that count the times you print a document. There's a limit of printings and when this limit is reached these stop working. We must reform our current economic system and develop one where the environment is protected by reducing the resources we use and making the minimum possible wastes or we will suffer the consequences.